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Old 05-01-2015 | 06:42 AM
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Hey all, trying to settle a question. how did "Mercury" end up as the call sign for Shuttle? Thx
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Old 05-01-2015 | 06:49 AM
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I do believe it has to do with Gus Grissom, one of the original mercury astronauts who was born in Indiana. RAH is based in Indianapolis of course.
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:01 AM
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Ahh, ok makes sense. Same reasoning as Brickyard I guess.
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:03 AM
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I always thought it was bedfords first car, but this makes more sense.
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:09 AM
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And because Shuttlecraft sounded too much like Airshuttle.
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:12 AM
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there is a statue of the Roman God Mercury in downtown Indy...which when working at Shuttle was told that was the reason (never heard the Gus Grissom story but makes sense)
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:17 AM
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This is kind of like finding the origins of "Hoosier".
I was told that the D.O., prior to barthel(from the original saab operator shuttle America)was a "treky," space geek. This is consistent with the old call sign "shuttlecraft".
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:19 AM
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Hahaa, remember "crossroads"? What a great idea that was
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:22 AM
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I still don't get why tsa uses waterski
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Old 05-01-2015 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by prex8390
I still don't get why tsa uses waterski
Didn't they start by hauling people to lake of the ozarks?
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